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Nomination for Building at 252-254 Park Avenue West

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,108 words across 14 pages, filed in 1984. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 84003802, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 1912 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays Side 8 PARK AUE 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition & Private R Altered O Owner's Name & Address. Martin E Trautman Moved D Condition U.T.M. Reference Ist National Bank of Mansfield 4 W4th Street, Mansfield, OH Exterior_very good 25. Open to 252- Park Are, West Yes O Preservation Structure - Building & Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? No 8 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41 ft. - 70 ft. een added to attic.

Description of Environment and Outbuildings 46. Prepared by R. Swain *1921 Insurance Map. of Mansfield, Ohio Organization Richland Co. R.P.C. RIC-343-11 Front County Coordinates Northing Long. Eligible? Underway? duplex commercial ister? Lat. 4512915 ansfield ont yard has been paved.Has two car garage. RICHLAND M-OSU Complex Hip/Asphalt (Explain Ohio Historical Center Interior with North Arrow Field work survey Specific Location Ashland Stone th building west on north side Public Road? On National Further Description of Important Features Location of Negatives Frontage on Road 41. Distance from and 252-254 Park Avenue West DHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 32. Roof Type & Material of Information WEST ont porch has two large Ionic columns.2 floor bay window on east Easting AVE 252 F Bowman. E.Pt. 46 Site P i known 1st National Bank (Trust le "Kerr Flatts".

In 1913 referred to 7371305 First resident was Charles Kelly King (Kingwood Center),President of MARION City or Town in #42) EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET - REJECT- photos Recom. /Criteria- Date Due: _ see continuation sheet 1. Name 3. Classification Status 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys . altered - ruins - moved Location resubmission maps alterations/integrity completeness Discipline clarity Reviewer Property: Action: boundary selection owner objection summary paragraph unexposed State, County: 7. Description deteriorated nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: NR decision Nomination returned for: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Fed. Reg. Date: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Substantive Review: _ original site Xtechnical corrections cited below good excellent Working No. 3. 3l.

82. 104l Check one - appeal Aecessibie Ownership B. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References X 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification _ netional Maps completeness checked context Photographs clarity Date applicable criteria summary paragraph Other the resource relating significance to relationship of integrity UMTT Reterences Phone: 202 272-3504 Signed justification of areas Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 28. No. of Stories 16. Thematic Category Yes D 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 1912 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent PARK AUE WEST 34. Wall Treatment 22.

Present Use 35. Plan Shape 36. Changes 23. Ownership Altered D Private 8 Moved D 3. Coordinates 1st National Bank of Mansfield Exterior very good Preservation 252 Park Are. West Yes D Structure D Site D Endangered? Object O Building X 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 1. On National 40. Visible from District 3. Part of Estab. Yes O Hist. Dist.? Distance from and 15. Name of Established District 41 ft. - 70 ft. 46. Prepared by K5. Sources of Information R. Swain *1921 Insurance Map of Mansfield, Ohio 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s Front Side RIC-343-11 County Easting Long. Potent'? Northing Register? Eligible? Frontage on Road irregular commercial duplex Specific Location 371305 Lat. (Explain RICHLAND Location of Negatives Front yard has been paved. Has two car garage.

Ohio Historical Center M-OSU Complex Hip/Asphalt Ohio Historic Preservation Office Front porch has two large Ionic columns. 2 floor bay window on east Site Plan with North Arrow 1913 Mansfield City Directory th building west on north side City or Town 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Ashland Stone Public Road? been added to attic. Field work survey BOWMAN 2. Further Description of Important Features 4. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 24. Owner's Name & Address,MartinE Trautman 252-254 Park Avenue West By What? If Rural, Township & Vicinity 252 iansfield OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 0000 E.Pt. 46 Addition X U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to the "Kerr Flatts" Organization Richland Co. R.P.C. No D In 1913 referred to as Underway? First resident was Charles Kelly King (Kingwood Center),President of at eaves. Decorative oval windows in 2nd story.

Appears dormer has MARION 3.History and Significance Present address the same since at least 1921*. WEST HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST Kerr Flatts 252-254 Park Avenue West 43. History and Significance who was the primary executive with the Ohio Brass Company during the first decades of the 20th Century. Ohio Brass was one of the city's leading the architecture of Park Avenue. The company was founded late in the 19th apartment shortly after its construction before moving further west on Park Avenue in the 19 teens, where he created the 50 acre estate now the porch on the second floor level also distinguish the building from others on the avenue and in the city. In fact, the use of this treatment of Colonial 252-4 Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio The Kerr Flatts are significant for their association with Charles K.

King, Architecturally the building is a handsome adaption of the Colonial Revival style in Mansfield. Revival on a historic apartment building is not found on other examples of the industrial concerns that provided the economic prosperity reflected in known as "Kingwood Center" (listed on NR 11/7/76). Mational Park Service Richland County Recom. /Criteria .substantive reasons discussed below 4. Owner of Property Location REJECT clarity completeness resubmission technical corrections cited below Working No. alterations/integrity dates RETURN nomination by person or local government 5. Location of Legal Description 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys summary paragraph owner objection 7. Description Name 3:31.82-1046 see continuation sheet Fed. Reg.

Date: (Park Avenue West MRA) Substantive Review Action: .Nomination returned for: Building at 252--254 Park Avenue West Federal Agency: Discipline Check ene _ unertered _ moved boundary selection comments: EVALUATION/ RETURN SHEET Review: Date Due: justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification -state Signed context checked Maps completeness Photographs clarity 10. Geographical Data Other applicable criteria Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet justification of areas the resource 8. Significance relating significance to relationship of integrity summary paragraph 11. Form Prepared By Date- The eveluated significance of this property within the state is: _ netiona!

_ local State Historic Preservation Ofticer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Bullder Architect Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) Kerr Flatts 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Basement? BOWMAN 17. Date(s) or Period 1912 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Changes Private - Altered O Owner's Name & Address,Martin E Trautman in #42) Moved D if known 1st National Bank (Truste7). Condition U.T.M. Reference 4 W Ath Street, Mansfield, OH 25. Open to Preservation - Yes D Site D Structure - Building X 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41.

Distance from and 41 ft. - 70 ft. . Further Description of Important Features Description of Environment and Outbuildings 46. Prepared by R. Swain *1921 Insurance Map. of Mansfield, Ohio Organization Richland Co. R.P.C. Front Easting RIC-343-11 Side Northing Coordinates County Register? Long. Ohio Historical Center Lat. duplex Underway? commercial ansfield Eligible? Specific Location RICHLAND M-OSU (Explain Interior een added to attic. On National th building west on north side 31. Wall Construction 1913 Mansfield City Directory Ohio Historic Preservation Office Location of Negatives Sources of Information Site Plan with North Arrow Field work survey Public Road? Ashland Stone Complex Hip/Asphalt Frontage on Road ront yard has been paved.Has two car garage. DHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 252-254 Park Avenue West 1st National Bank of Mansfield 252 By What?

City or Town PARK AUE Exterior Very good AVE WEST 252-Park Are,West.Yes E.Pt. If Rural, Township & Vicinity Addition & Part of Estab. Yes D he "Kerr Flatts" 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) No D Plan Shape irregular 4512915 Name of Established District MARION First resident was Charles Kelly King (Kingwood Center),President of Object ront porch has two large Ionic columns.2 floor bay window on east Potent'l? HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Kerr Flatts 252-254 Park Avenue West 43. History and Significance apartment shortly after its construction before moving further west on Park Avenue in the 19 teens, where he created the 50 acre estate now known as "Kingwood Center' (listed on NR 11/7/76).

Architecturally the building is a handsome adaption of the Colonial Revival the porch on the second floor level also distinguish the building from others 252-4 The Kerr Flatts are significant for their association with Charles K. King, industrial concerns that provided the economic prosperity reflected in style in Mansfield. who was the primary executive with the Ohio Brass Company during the first Revival on a historic apartment building is not found on other examples of the style with its attenuated classical detail.The two large Ionic columns, decades of the 20th Century. Ohio Brass was one of the city's leading Century as a brass foundry and went on to become a major manufacturer of electrical equipment for large industrial applications. King lived in this more archeologically "correct" reconstruction.

The cameo windows which flank the architecture of Park Avenue.The company was founded late in the 19th OMB NO. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10:900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Nomination/Type of Review 1. Barr, Jacob H., House 2. Bissman, B. F., House Bissman, Peter, House 6. Building at 240 Park Avenue West Building at 252--254 Parky EXP. 10/31/84 Attest Date/Signature Keeper Name State received Inventory-Nomination Form date entered dnr-11 (7-81) National Register of Historic Places Avenue West Substantive Review Continuation sheet Park Avenue West Multiple Resource Area For NPS use only 4. Black, T.

F., House Substantive Revie~ Suhatantia Revlew Keeper Page 1C WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET (PARk AveNue West MRA) Fed. Reg. Date: _ Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -sample Lappeal Reviewer's comments: Reviewer - _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - _ technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7.

Description -unaltered -original site - moved summary paragraph yes request Ownership Category Status resubmission dates excellent REJECT unexposed RETURN fair ruins Discipline deteriorated completeness alterations/integrity ACCEPT Action: clarity boundary selection Working No. Accessible NR decision Substantive Review: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Present Use Check one Condition Richland County Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph Japplicable criteria relationship of integrity to significance Jjustification of exception - other 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property . Quadrangle name_ UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date _ - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed - Phone: - Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet completeness clarity Period title context 8. Significance relating significance to the resource local justification of areas checked Builder/Architect 10. Geographical Data _state Maps Mansfield, Ohio 252 Park Ave. West, looking north 252 PAW-16 Steven McQuillin Ohio State University Mansfield Campus Historic Resources of Park Avenue West July 1979 for this property Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000641 Multiple Property Cover Sheet